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While Gray’s villa is valued as a modern architecture masterpiece with carefully designed lines and colors, the bright drawings introduce layered “signs” that restoration teams must interpret. 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They are drawings of considerable size and in very vivid colours and the author is undoubtedly one of the people who changed the culture of the 20th century. On the other hand, Gray's villa is also considered today one of the masterpieces of modern architecture: it is essential in its lines and colours and every detail has been carefully thought out and designed. The situation that arose with the inclusion of Le Corbusier's wall paintings poses many questions for those involved in Restoration. According to some lines of thought every intervention is a trace and as such it has its own meaning it tells apiece of history and as such it deserves to be preserved. In this specific case, however, Le Corbusier's brightly coloured drawings completely change the perception of the villa's spaces. In this case the preservation of a trace, no matter how significant it may be, has the power to change and cause the loss of the basic idea of this villa: preservation causes loss. This story therefore brings an important reflection on the role of conservation, on the ethics of restoration and also on the power that a drawing on a wall can have.  \nIntroduction  \nThe paper deals with the results of a scientific research carried out at the Department of Architecture and Design, University of Genoa (Italy), by the author, relating to the tools and methods of Knowledge and Conservation of Modern and Contemporary Architecture (University Research Projects with the Department of Geography, Prehistoria y Arqueologia, Facultad de Letras del Pais Vasco, for which the writer is scientific responsible: PRA 2014-'16 Archaeology of Architecture and the Restoration Site, PRA 2018-‘19 Conservation and Restoration: methods of analysis and strategies – monitoring/conservation of tangible and intangible heritage, PRA 2022-‘23 The Archaeology of Architecture for 20th and 21st Century Structures, knowledge for restoration). 1 In particular, the various researches undertaken since 2014 have the aim of investigating the most  \n∗Associate Professor, University of Genoa, Italy.  \n1. D. Pittaluga,“L’analisi archeologica per la conoscenza e la conservazione delle strutture del XX secolo”, in Tiziano Mannoni. Attualità e sviluppi di metodi e di idee (Eds.), ISCUM, 436-443. Firenze: All’ Insegna del Giglio, 2021; D. Pittaluga, “The archaeology of architecture for the knowledge and preservation of the 'modern’”, RA-Restauro Archeologico, no. special issue “1972- 2022 World Heritage in transition. About management”(2022): 378-383, D.Pittaluga, J.A.Quiros Castillo,(2024), Surfaces of 20th Century facades: reflections on their archaeological awareness. In TEMA, DOI (in press) 10.30682/tema 100001, pp. 1-11.  \nrecent architecture with the tools of the archaeology of architecture,2 in a deeper way than has been done so far, and of grasping its various distinctive signs. In fact, in many contemporary structures there are interventions after the construction, even if the latter took place in recent times.3 These modifications are often due to changes in ownership, changes in taste, plant adaptations and, very often, repairs following deterioration of materials and/or structure.4 Understanding the meaning of the different layered signs and understanding their importance allows one to intervene on them more consciously and preserve their memory.5 The 'Restoration of the Modern and Contemporary' is in fact a need that is already manifesting itself now, but in the near future will become an urgent issue to which we should give targeted answers. This research includes the case study described in this paper: the signs of memory of Le Corbusier","cbCaidGr0R9vp6iT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidGr0R9vp6iT","pdf",1550790,26,"English","# Introduction\n## Scientific research context and aim\n## Methodology and structure of the article\n# The archeology of architecture\n## Purpose and principles","[{\"question\":\"Why do Le Corbusier’s drawings on Villa E.1027 matter for restoration work?\",\"answer\":\"They were added without Eileen Gray’s knowledge and their vivid colors significantly change how the villa’s spaces are perceived, creating complex ethical questions for restoration.\"},{\"question\":\"What broader research approach does the paper connect to?\",\"answer\":\"The paper links the case study to scientific research on tools and methods for knowledge and conservation of modern and contemporary architecture, focused on layered signs in built structures.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper frame the ethics of preservation and restoration?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that treating every intervention as a meaningful trace can still lead to loss of the villa’s core idea, since preserving the trace of the drawings can alter the fundamental concept of the space.\"}]","Signs of Memory - Le Corbusier’s Drawings at Villa E.1027 | PDF",66]